. >> in fact, he was born in russia when his father was with the russian military. >> by the early 1980s, it seems that they had carved out a really significant niche himself within the power structure. >> kim jong il was a character of fun to a lot of people in the western world because he was short and had that bea bouffantr and wore elevator shoes. he was, in truth, an incredible dictator. >> it a was often reported thate liked american culture. >> he loved american film. he supposedly had a library of many thousands of films. he once had a south korean actress, his favorite south korean actress, abducted. she was kidnapped from a beach in hong konged and taken to norh korea and required to become basically his actress slave. >> they have a history and trend of kidnapping people. that's how they went about that, with film, and that's how they went about it with my great uncle. >> chicago native mike kim's own family has experienced the cruelty of the north korean regime. y great uncle was a leading engineer. >> that would be your grandmother's brother. >> g my mom and others in my fam